We are the first nation on earth to give that awesome
power to ordinary citizens.
The idea of having a jury was
first conceived in England more than 800 years ago. But when
we framed our own Constitution in 1787, we made it a
constitutional right that peopleenjoy and have.
And we could not have functioned as a nation, and we could not have developed our system, which has problems in it, which isn't perfect, lots of flaws and difficulties that we
encounter all the time, but the central point is that we give a
lot of power to you. I
and you, in turn, have a need to assure us that you
are going to exercise that powerunfairly and partially. So
that's what this is all about.
Now, the way we are going to go about picking a jury
in this case is as follows:
Henry Louis Gates' Contempt Of Cop Emptywheel - At tonight's nationally televised press conference, a reporter asked President Obama a question about the July 16 arrest of famed Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. Obama set off...
Contempt of Cop' by William Norman Grigg - The police are to the government as the edge is to the knife, insists sociologist David Bayley, who apparently couldn't explain why the typical...
Welcome to America Now step inside the jail cell - The audio exchange in this video was apparently recorded at the U.S. Canada border after a Canadian displayed contempt-of-cop towards the American law enforcement officer asking questions.
Contemptible police tactics - Cops raid the home of a licensed medical marijuana provider in Washington, handcuff the fourteen year old son and put a gun to his head, and search the nineteen year old daughter and take the contents of her mickey-mouse wallet.
How To Survive Traffic Stops in America, Submit, Instantly! - What the cops want is immediate obedience and submission. Many cops are ex-military and view the civilian motorists of America about like they viewed the hapless peasants of Iraq and Afghanistan, that is, with contempt, not as fellow citizens deserving of civility and respect. It is a possibly lethal mistake to do anything other than submit, instantly and obey! Or be ready to shoot first. But aim high.